body image

lakeside and breezy, my feet press down
with gravity and my body weight
into rocky and wet sand

seeing only the vague shape of my skin
rolling in and passing out with the waves.
ripply like water and distorted,
there stands myself in blur

here my hips pull sideways as the waves divert around a rock,
and my shoulders look pinched,
my breasts lopsided and my belly dimpled
and i watch my form retreat with the foam

waves in and out, slideshow of my body in flux,
repeated chances to see perfection,
repeated glimpses of distortion
like a fun house mirror, wavy and stout

i bulge and slim with the tide,
these are my days in conversation
with every mirror i pass;
the shifting nuances of my curves
(loving them, hating them)